Indian Sun - Oliver Craske
Indian Sun - Oliver Craske The first full biography of India's most important cultural figure of the past century.As an icon of India, Ravi Shankar ranks not far below Gandhi or the Taj Mahal. The…
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Indian Sun - Oliver Craske
The first full biography of India's most important cultural figure of the past century.As an icon of India, Ravi Shankar ranks not far below Gandhi or the Taj Mahal. The maestro of the sitar filled the world's leading concert halls, festival stages and airwaves with Indian classical music at a time when it was little known outside its homeland. He was one of the twentieth century's most important musicians, and India's greatest cultural ambassador.
He charted the map for countless global musicians who followed in his wake. A sensation at Monterey Pop, the Woodstock Festival and the Concert for Bangladesh, he also helped reshape jazz, minimalism and electronic music, pioneered the sitar concerto, and wrote many film scores, including Pather Panchali and Gandhi. The unparalleled breadth of his impact is reflected in his disciples, who included George Harrison,